BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As Sierra Leonean war crimes convicts begin their sentences this week in Rwanda, the BBC's Umaru Fofana considers the achievement of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
China Minmetals Corporation, the country's largest state-owned metals trader, had said it was conducting research on a London Mining iron ore project in Sierra Leone and has not signed any cooperation deal for the same, China Daily reported on Saturday. The statement came after London Mining said Friday that it held talks with Minmetals and Sinosteel Corp., China's largest iron ore trader, as well...
Jews sans frontieres (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Voting record of UN members on the General Assembly resolution: In favor: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s...
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Jordan R. Gomillion SOC 202 11/6/2009 2:11 PM The global recession has not been much of a deterrent for migrants. They still are out searching for better jobs and futures. In a survey, around 700 million adults around the world would move permanently to another country if given the opportunity. I wonder if some of those polled were in the US? United States, however, is the top destination among those...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
What did war crimes court do for Sierra Leone?
Niger Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
From The Office of Tony Blair November 05, 2009 Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative to create development through good governance becomes charity The Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative has become a registered UK charity after creating a unique 'hands-on' approach to development and poverty eradication over the past eighteen months. The Charity Commission approved the application from this...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country. Mr. Taylor also denied widespread press and investigative reports that the terrorist group, Al Qaeda, traded diamonds with Sierra Leonean rebels under his...
Landmark Education News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Sarah Culberson's book tour for "A Princess Found", her autobiography about discovering she was actually a princess in Sierra Leone, is coming to Pasadena on Sunday, November 15th.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
How many times must the president of Sierra Leone face media embarrassment because of the lunacy of some of those he appoints as his country's representatives abroad? What are the tenets of Diplomatic appointments?
AfricanLoft (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Sierra Leone has launched a satellite link-up to connect doctors around the country to their colleagues in India. The system enables doctors in Sierra Leone to consult doctors in India and benefit from data analysis in better-equipped Indian hospitals. For now the telemedicine link-up has been launched in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. But national hospital [...]
Desertification (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Read at : AfricaFiles Title: Sierra Leone: New agriculture plan sprouts Author: Press Release, Freetown Category: Western Region Date: 10/29/2009 Source: IPS Source Website: http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/ African Charter Article# 22: All peoples shall have the right to their economic, social and cultural development within the common heritage of humanity . Summary & Comment: [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Members of the house of parliament of Sierra Leone have re-elected Honourable Chukuma V. Johnson of the All Peoples Congress, APC as deputy speaker of parliament, second time in a row.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A high-powered delegation from the Israeli embassy in Dakar, Senegal was in the country for a two-week working visit to the government and people of Sierra Leone.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Paramount chiefs in Sierra Leone are not against the reformation of the chieftaincy system even in tradition but the approach should not be one-sided, said PC Alhaji Issa B. Kamara.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Deputy minister of labor and industrial relations, who was one time member of the two opposition parties in the country, has accused the Sierra Leone People's Party, SLPP of stage-managing the aborted youth election in Pujehun district, south of Sierra Leone.
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